上班
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Chinese[edit]
up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname | ||
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trad. (上班) | 上 | 班 | |
simp. #(上班) | 上 | 班 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
上⫽班 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to be on duty; to go to work; to begin one's work day; to begin one's shift
- to be open (for business); to be trading
Usage notes[edit]
There are many equivalents for English to work in Chinese, the most common and generic being 工作 (gōngzuò). Use 上班 (shàngbān) for shift work, 辦公/办公 (bàngōng) for office or administration work and 幹活/干活 (gànhuó) for physical work.
Synonyms[edit]
- 出勤 (chūqín)
Dialectal synonyms of 上班 (“to go to work”) [map]
Antonyms[edit]
- 下班 (xiàbān)
Derived terms[edit]
- 上班族 (shàngbānzú)
References[edit]
- “Entry #50496”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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